Description

Retaining structures are generally required to laterally restrain soil between areas with different ground levels, sometimes referred to as grade separation. Retaining structures can be vertical or sloped at angles that are too steep for normal soil stability. Typical applications include infrastructure projects like roads and railways but retaining structures are also often used in commercial and residential developments in order to create level terraces on sloping sites.

There are several common types of retaining walls which including gravity walls, piled walls (with and without anchors), cantilever walls, anchored walls, and reinforced soil walls.

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B&W Construction provide a simple and cost-effective way to construct a gravity retaining structure and can be stacked to meet increased height requirements. One of the most critical considerations in retaining structure design and construction is the prevention of pore-water pressure accumulation behind the wall. Pore-water pressure is often quoted as the biggest single cause of retaining structure distress and failure. Significantly, B&W Construction are free-draining and therefore are particularly suited to retaining structure construction as they easily permit any groundwater from the retained soil to drain effectively and prevent the build-up of potentially damaging pore-water pressure behind the wall. B&W Construction are also particularly aesthetically pleasing and can be filled with selected stone to compliment the surrounding architecture and landscaping and can be pocket or terrace planted to add a green aspect to the structure.